Aeroport (russian: Аэропорт) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo''), and one of four settlements in
Borogonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of
Oymyakonsky District
Oymyakonsky District (russian: Оймяко́нский улу́с; sah, Өймөкөөн улууһа, ''Öymököön uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...
in the
Sakha Republic
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,
Russia
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, in addition to
Tomtor, the
administrative center
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of the Rural Okrug,
Agayakan
Agayakan (russian: Агаякан; sah, Агайакаан, ''Agayakaan'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), and one of four settlements in Second Borogonsky Rural Okrug of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to T ...
and
Kuydusun
Kuydusun (russian: Куйдусун) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Borogonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Ust-Nera, the administrative center
An administrative center is a seat ...
. It is located from
Ust-Nera
Ust-Nera ( rus, Усть-Нера, r=; sah, Уус Ньара, translit=Uus Nyara) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in Yakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanentl ...
, the administrative center of the district and from Tomtor. Its population as of the
2002 Census was 61.
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'']
The
Oymyakon
Oymyakon, ; sah, Өймөкөөн, ''Öymököön'', is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma ...
Airport, that gives the village its name, was built during the Second World War as part of the
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route for transferring Lend-Lease aircraft from the United States to the Soviet Union. It has an unpaved runway of 1900 metres length. In 1961, a cargo flight from
Yakutsk
Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...
to Oymyakon crashed en route, with no survivors. In the 1990s, Oymyakon had scheduled flights operated by
Sakha Avia but these no longer operate. The disused terminal building was still standing as of 2018, however.
References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Oymyakonsky District
*
Rural localities in Oymyakonsky District
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